Brad Plumer | What a governments shutdown would look like

5:39 PM,
Sep. 28, 2013

If Congress and the president don't approve a continuing resolution to fund the federal government by Monday, many agencies will send their workers home and close. Agencies that will continue to operate include the U.S. Postal Service, federal prisons and the Border Patrol, and Social Security checks will still be sent. Many national parks and museums will close, however, along with some regulatory agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Brad Plumer
| The Washington Post

As this section went to press, Congress had not yet settled on a way to avert a government shutdown. - Editor

WASHINGTON - If the House and Senate can't agree on a government funding bill by Monday, the federal government will shut down. And, right now, the House and Senate can't agree on a bill. They're wrangling over the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare.

So ... it's time to start thinking about what a federal government shutdown would actually look like. ...